The topic I choose was Iraq and its past and still ongoing problems with theUnited Nations. The reason I choose this topic as oppose to another topic is warand the United Nations has always fascinated me. With Saddam Hussein still beingstubborn with UN weapons inspectors it was incredibly easy to obtain informationregarding this topic. The Los Angles Times; California; Feb 12 2000; The newestarticle I attained was from the February 12 edition of the Los Angles Times.
Itwas entitled “Compromise Broached on issue of Arms Inspectors in Iraq”. Itdiscussed how Iraq is still refusing to allow the UN weapons inspector into thenation. It also talks about the UN feelings on the chance of inspectors everbeing allowed to do their job. Apparently the Vice President has no intention ofever letting the inspectors into the country. Last Thursday he said, ” Thereshall be no return of the so-called inspection teams.
We reject the infiltrationby spies using such cover. ” In my humble opinion it would make life in Iraqbetter if the inspectors where just allowed into the country. Most importantlysanctions the UN has placed upon Iraq would be removed. Apparently the reallydon’t care about the sanctions according to their deputy foreign ministerNizar Hamdoun who said they can live without sanctions “forever”.
The UN hasa different opinion they believe they cannot. I believe they can, they have donefine up to this point and I think they will continue to do fine. I think Iraqhas many things they don’t want the UN to know about such as chemical andbiological weapons. They are a threat and need to be dealt with accordingly. NewYork Times; New York; Feb 8, 2000; Barbara Crossette The next article I choosewas from the February 8 issue of the New York Times.
This article was entitled”Iraq Suspected of Secret War Effort”. This article sort of scared me. Itwas about in Britain, research and intelligence experts, also convinced thatthere are more germ warfare agents left in Iraq than previously known, havesuggested that Iraq may have produced the organism that causes bubonic plague. But no evidence has been published in support of that theory, but Americanexperts say, and United Nations inspectors found not trace of the plague inIraq. This is only because Iraq not allowing them to inspect and when the UNinspectors where allowed in they where only allowed to inspect “certain”areas. This statement made by the so-called American experts was bull*censored*;they only said to comfort the American public.
This expert Milton Leitenbergfrom the Center for International and Security Studies at the University ofMaryland has been collecting information about Iraqi weapons sites andactivities from two Iraqi defectors. Milton is really not sure if the new thingis a virus and not a bacterial agent but he said in an interview that Hans Blix,the new chief inspector for Iraq might need to focus his attention on Biologicalweapons. Milton and other British experts say inspector will have to be moreaggressive in demanding access in Iraq. I think so to, biological weapons areillegal as a form of warfare since the Geneva Convention outlawed them.
And thefact that there are not allowed to be used as a form of warfare should be reasonenough to be more aggressive not to mention the fact that these weapons of massdestruction will be if not are already in the hands of a mad man! Also accordingto this article the eradication of biological weapons in Iraq may be asimportant or more important to the people of Iraq as to the outside world. Experts working with the United Nations Special Commission, the firstdisarmament task force created for Iraq after the Gulf War said some of thebacterial and viral agents Iraq was producing then had little application forwar. Evidently a fungal agent called aflatoxin can lead to liver cancer, androtavirus, which causes diarrhea in children and the elderly. This is justanother reason for the inspectors to be more insistent in their attempt to gainentry into Iraq, their military compounds, and laboratories.
World HistoryVolume II; William J. Duiker & Jackson J. Spielvogel Pages 1136-1137 Duikerprovided some insight on the history of this conflict. According to Duiker”Saddam Hussein, assumed power in Baghdad in 1979, then accused Iran ofviolating the territorial agreement and launched an attack on his neighbor. “(1136) It seems Saddam has been a problem from the beginning and should havebeen taken care of before he became a real threat like he is now.
Duiker alsosays during the war between Iraq and Iran poison gas was used on civilians andalso defenseless children were used in the minefields. Then in August 1990Hussein’s military forces went into the small country of Kuwait and claimedthat they were stealing oil from Iraqi land. This is when the United Nationsdecided to get involved, after all not only was this small defenseless countryunder attack but our nations oil supply was endangered. Really in my opinionthis is the main reason we got involved not for the moral reasons but thefinancial reasons. From here the book taught me no new information.
We restoredpeace to Kuwait and destroyed much of Saddam’s forces. The only problem is wedid not destroy enough of his forces because they are better equipped than theyever were. I have herd that Saddam if he did posses such chemical weapons thatthe article spoke of he does not have the launch capability, meaning he does notposses sufficient I. C.
B. M. s (Inter- Continental Ballistic Missiles) but how longbefore he does posses such devices. Only time will tell but for now it is hightime we tell Saddam and the Iraqi government to let us in or else threatenanother military strike maybe even nuclear attack. Annotated Bibliography Thetopic I choose was Iraq and its past and still ongoing problems with the UnitedNations. The reason I choose this topic as oppose to another topic is war andthe United Nations has always fascinated me.
With Saddam Hussein still beingstubborn with UN weapons inspectors it was incredibly easy to obtain informationregarding this topic. The Los Angles Times; California; Feb 12 2000; The newestarticle I attained was from the February 12 edition of the Los Angles Times. Itwas entitled “Compromise Broached on issue of Arms Inspectors in Iraq”. Itdiscussed how Iraq is still refusing to allow the UN weapons inspector into thenation.
It also talks about the UN feelings on the chance of inspectors everbeing allowed to do their job. Apparently the Vice President has no intention ofever letting the inspectors into the country. Last Thursday he said, ” Thereshall be no return of the so-called inspection teams. We reject the infiltrationby spies using such cover. ” In my humble opinion it would make life in Iraqbetter if the inspectors where just allowed into the country. Most importantlysanctions the UN has placed upon Iraq would be removed.
Apparently the reallydon’t care about the sanctions according to their deputy foreign ministerNizar Hamdoun who said they can live without sanctions “forever”. The UN hasa different opinion they believe they cannot. I believe they can, they have donefine up to this point and I think they will continue to do fine. I think Iraqhas many things they don’t want the UN to know about such as chemical andbiological weapons. They are a threat and need to be dealt with accordingly.
NewYork Times; New York; Feb 8, 2000; Barbara Crossette The next article I choosewas from the February 8 issue of the New York Times. This article was entitled”Iraq Suspected of Secret War Effort”. This article sort of scared me. Itwas about in Britain, research and intelligence experts, also convinced thatthere are more germ warfare agents left in Iraq than previously known, havesuggested that Iraq may have produced the organism that causes bubonic plague.
But no evidence has been published in support of that theory, but Americanexperts say, and United Nations inspectors found not trace of the plague inIraq. This is only because Iraq not allowing them to inspect and when the UNinspectors where allowed in they where only allowed to inspect “certain”areas. This statement made by the so-called American experts was bull*censored*;they only said to comfort the American public. This expert Milton Leitenbergfrom the Center for International and Security Studies at the University ofMaryland has been collecting information about Iraqi weapons sites andactivities from two Iraqi defectors.
Milton is really not sure if the new thingis a virus and not a bacterial agent but he said in an interview that Hans Blix,the new chief inspector for Iraq might need to focus his attention on Biologicalweapons. Milton and other British experts say inspector will have to be moreaggressive in demanding access in Iraq. I think so to, biological weapons areillegal as a form of warfare since the Geneva Convention outlawed them. And thefact that there are not allowed to be used as a form of warfare should be reasonenough to be more aggressive not to mention the fact that these weapons of massdestruction will be if not are already in the hands of a mad man! Also accordingto this article the eradication of biological weapons in Iraq may be asimportant or more important to the people of Iraq as to the outside world.
Experts working with the United Nations Special Commission, the firstdisarmament task force created for Iraq after the Gulf War said some of thebacterial and viral agents Iraq was producing then had little application forwar. Evidently a fungal agent called aflatoxin can lead to liver cancer, androtavirus, which causes diarrhea in children and the elderly. This is justanother reason for the inspectors to be more insistent in their attempt to gainentry into Iraq, their military compounds, and laboratories. World HistoryVolume II; William J. Duiker & Jackson J. Spielvogel Pages 1136-1137 Duikerprovided some insight on the history of this conflict.
According to Duiker”Saddam Hussein, assumed power in Baghdad in 1979, then accused Iran ofviolating the territorial agreement and launched an attack on his neighbor. “(1136) It seems Saddam has been a problem from the beginning and should havebeen taken care of before he became a real threat like he is now. Duiker alsosays during the war between Iraq and Iran poison gas was used on civilians andalso defenseless children were used in the minefields. Then in August 1990Hussein’s military forces went into the small country of Kuwait and claimedthat they were stealing oil from Iraqi land. This is when the United Nationsdecided to get involved, after all not only was this small defenseless countryunder attack but our nations oil supply was endangered.
Really in my opinionthis is the main reason we got involved not for the moral reasons but thefinancial reasons. From here the book taught me no new information. We restoredpeace to Kuwait and destroyed much of Saddam’s forces. The only problem is wedid not destroy enough of his forces because they are better equipped than theyever were.
I have herd that Saddam if he did posses such chemical weapons thatthe article spoke of he does not have the launch capability, meaning he does notposses sufficient I. C. B. M. s (Inter- Continental Ballistic Missiles) but how longbefore he does posses such devices. Only time will tell but for now it is hightime we tell Saddam and the Iraqi government to let us in or else threatenanother military strike maybe even nuclear attack.
Annotated Bibliography Thetopic I choose was Iraq and its past and still ongoing problems with the UnitedNations. The reason I choose this topic as oppose to another topic is war andthe United Nations has always fascinated me. With Saddam Hussein still beingstubborn with UN weapons inspectors it was incredibly easy to obtain informationregarding this topic. The Los Angles Times; California; Feb 12 2000; The newestarticle I attained was from the February 12 edition of the Los Angles Times. Itwas entitled “Compromise Broached on issue of Arms Inspectors in Iraq”.
Itdiscussed how Iraq is still refusing to allow the UN weapons inspector into thenation. It also talks about the UN feelings on the chance of inspectors everbeing allowed to do their job. Apparently the Vice President has no intention ofever letting the inspectors into the country. Last Thursday he said, ” Thereshall be no return of the so-called inspection teams. We reject the infiltrationby spies using such cover. ” In my humble opinion it would make life in Iraqbetter if the inspectors where just allowed into the country.
Most importantlysanctions the UN has placed upon Iraq would be removed. Apparently the reallydon’t care about the sanctions according to their deputy foreign ministerNizar Hamdoun who said they can live without sanctions “forever”. The UN hasa different opinion they believe they cannot. I believe they can, they have donefine up to this point and I think they will continue to do fine.
I think Iraqhas many things they don’t want the UN to know about such as chemical andbiological weapons. They are a threat and need to be dealt with accordingly. NewYork Times; New York; Feb 8, 2000; Barbara Crossette The next article I choosewas from the February 8 issue of the New York Times. This article was entitled”Iraq Suspected of Secret War Effort”. This article sort of scared me. Itwas about in Britain, research and intelligence experts, also convinced thatthere are more germ warfare agents left in Iraq than previously known, havesuggested that Iraq may have produced the organism that causes bubonic plague.
But no evidence has been published in support of that theory, but Americanexperts say, and United Nations inspectors found not trace of the plague inIraq. This is only because Iraq not allowing them to inspect and when the UNinspectors where allowed in they where only allowed to inspect “certain”areas. This statement made by the so-called American experts was bull*censored*;they only said to comfort the American public. This expert Milton Leitenbergfrom the Center for International and Security Studies at the University ofMaryland has been collecting information about Iraqi weapons sites andactivities from two Iraqi defectors.
Milton is really not sure if the new thingis a virus and not a bacterial agent but he said in an interview that Hans Blix,the new chief inspector for Iraq might need to focus his attention on Biologicalweapons. Milton and other British experts say inspector will have to be moreaggressive in demanding access in Iraq. I think so to, biological weapons areillegal as a form of warfare since the Geneva Convention outlawed them. And thefact that there are not allowed to be used as a form of warfare should be reasonenough to be more aggressive not to mention the fact that these weapons of massdestruction will be if not are already in the hands of a mad man! Also accordingto this article the eradication of biological weapons in Iraq may be asimportant or more important to the people of Iraq as to the outside world. Experts working with the United Nations Special Commission, the firstdisarmament task force created for Iraq after the Gulf War said some of thebacterial and viral agents Iraq was producing then had little application forwar. Evidently a fungal agent called aflatoxin can lead to liver cancer, androtavirus, which causes diarrhea in children and the elderly.
This is justanother reason for the inspectors to be more insistent in their attempt to gainentry into Iraq, their military compounds, and laboratories. World HistoryVolume II; William J. Duiker & Jackson J. Spielvogel Pages 1136-1137 Duikerprovided some insight on the history of this conflict. According to Duiker”Saddam Hussein, assumed power in Baghdad in 1979, then accused Iran ofviolating the territorial agreement and launched an attack on his neighbor. “(1136) It seems Saddam has been a problem from the beginning and should havebeen taken care of before he became a real threat like he is now.
Duiker alsosays during the war between Iraq and Iran poison gas was used on civilians andalso defenseless children were used in the minefields. Then in August 1990Hussein’s military forces went into the small country of Kuwait and claimedthat they were stealing oil from Iraqi land. This is when the United Nationsdecided to get involved, after all not only was this small defenseless countryunder attack but our nations oil supply was endangered. Really in my opinionthis is the main reason we got involved not for the moral reasons but thefinancial reasons. From here the book taught me no new information.
We restoredpeace to Kuwait and destroyed much of Saddam’s forces. The only problem is wedid not destroy enough of his forces because they are better equipped than theyever were. I have herd that Saddam if he did posses such chemical weapons thatthe article spoke of he does not have the launch capability, meaning he does notposses sufficient I. C. B. M.
s (Inter- Continental Ballistic Missiles) but how longbefore he does posses such devices. Only time will tell but for now it is hightime we tell Saddam and the Iraqi government to let us in or else threatenanother military strike maybe even nuclear attack.
